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Newspaper
Troy Record
Location
Troy, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 09, 1944
Page
14
The War Department reports web slings for Army rifles saved leather and weather damage, citing a reduction in wear since last September. The Army halted feather slings and shifted to webbing as a long term measure to protect equipment.
Dispatch from the AEF in Traly notes soldiers aging under khaki uniforms amid shifting regulations and army life. The piece contrasts civilian identity with military dress while recounting a moment of reflective clarity about uniforms and discipline.
The passage critiques a prewar Life magazine style piece about Army uniform swaps. It notes an Algiers origin and a writer described as an advertising man or testimonial bug. The text mocks the author for sourcing quotes from a private and an enlisted man, ending with a chorus of conflicting preferences and a chaotic press response.
Maj A H Gardner Jr notes the Lake City Ordnance Plant started in 1911 and has produced vast amounts of small arms ammunition. Belts, carriages, and freight trains illustrate the output while utilities show city-scale power and water use. A separate item reports Sar Austin injured after a bus accident.
After the coolest day in 123 years the Weather Bureau predicted gradual temperature rise. Yesterday’s low reached 44 degrees with a high near 73, and today may see some showers while tomorrow stays cloudy and mild.
Allied forces push against German defenses in Normandy as weather improves. Communiques report two German tank divisions identified and reserves in action along the front. Eisenhower notes a slower initial advance to consolidate strength before resuming momentum. British Sixth Airborne repels repeated German assaults on a key sector near Caen and Cherbourg region.
Advanced Allied Headquarters reports a sharp sea air duel near northwestern New Guinea. An American Liberator bomber damaged a Japanese cruiser with forceful bombs near Waigee Island. Patrol bombers attacked in Warparim Bay, and Liberators repulsed 32 enemy fighters, probably destroying one. Ground troops on Biak Island pressed to clear pockets east of Mokmer airfield amid artillery and tank fire.
San Francisco reports the Y M C A continues service in Manila Thailand and Chinese cities including Peking Shanghai Tientsin and Tsingtao. Col H Kenneth Cassidy notes thousands of Americans serve overseas and new American secretaries will join the field staff in 1944 with a raised budget of 350000.
Elizabeth Daniel Bradley, a Vassar graduate and daughter of Lieut. Gen. Omar N. Bradley, married Second Lieutenant Henry Berkema, an Army Air Corps pilot and West Point graduate, in a Cadet Chapel ceremony amid ongoing invasion duties.
Washington firms received assurance that no immediate prosecutions under the Sherman act are planned, despite the Supreme Court ruling the insurance business falls under it. Attorney General Francis Biddle urged firms to alter rate fixing and other practices that may conflict with the Sherman Act.
Lieutenant EL George of the U S Navy traced a carved African drum brought home from duty overseas. A blue mark and letters on the drum led to a Navy record naming RE Jones who vanished near Africa in 1804, believed lost to cannibals, solving a 140 year old mystery.
Los Angeles: Joan Berry’s mother must account for 312,700 dollars paid by Charlie Chaplin for the support of his eight month old daughter. Superior Judge Myron West will decide on an early trial for paternity suits against the actor after Chaplin and Mrs. Gertrude Berry argued the motion because little Care Ann is destitute.
Chinese forces occupy part of the Racine Road stronghold at Lungting, the second most important Japanese base in Yunnan. They advance on Teng Chung Tenebung, cut the Longing Teng Chung link, and sever enemy communications as Allied and Chinese campaigns press toward North Burma.
Allied headquarters said three days ago a heavy bombing raid on Bangkok by B-21 bombers struck a Japanese held port. The attack targeted railways and marshalling yards with incendiary bombs, creating towering smoke plumes. Anti aircraft fire was ineffective and no Allied losses were noted.
A blaze at the Portsmouth Navy Yard injured one man seriously and overcame 24 sailors with smoke. The fire destroyed a single building and caused considerable damage in New Hampshire near the Maine border. cause undetermined, according to a naval spokesman.
Oscar W. Sinsbaugh of Waterford reported to Central Police Station that his vehicle struck a dog owned by Thomas Wilkinson of 149 Hoosick Street while he was driving on Hoosick between Oakwood Avenue and Fifteenth Street. The incident occurred yesterday and caused injury to the dog.
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